'The Synanon Fix' shows how a rehab group became a cult

In the late 1950s, Charles “Chuck” Dederich started a drug rehabilitation program in a Santa Monica store. Dederich, a recovering…

Academy Museum exhibit recognizes Hollywood's Jewish founders

Schmuel Gelbfisz, Lazar Meir and the Wonsal brothers are not names that immediately come to mind when thinking of Hollywood…

How rap and writing help heal a family's old wounds

Book Review Nephew: a memoir in harmony in four parts By MK AsanteFriendship: 208 pages, $26.99If you buy books linked…